Politics of Archaeology Books

New and Published Books

1. US Cultural Diplomacy and Archaeology

   Soft Power, Hard Heritage

   By Christina Luke, Morag Kersel

   Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology

   Archaeology’s links to international relations are well known: launching and sustaining international expeditions requires the honed diplomatic skills of ambassadors. U.S. foreign policy depends on archaeologists to foster mutual understanding, mend fences, and build bridges. This book explores how...

   Published December 19th 2012 by Routledge
2. Archaeology in the Making

   Conversations through a Discipline

   Edited by William L Rathje, Michael Shanks, Christopher Witmore

   Archaeology in the Making is a collection of bold statements about archaeology, its history, how it works, and why it is more important than ever. This book comprises conversations about archaeology among some of its notable contemporary figures. They delve deeply into the questions that have come...

   Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
3. Heritage

   Critical Approaches

   By Rodney Harrison

   Historic sites, memorials, national parks, museums…we live in an age in which heritage is ever-present. But what does it mean to live amongst the spectral traces of the past, the heterogeneous piling up of historic materials in the present? How did heritage grow from the concern of a handful of...

   Published August 29th 2012 by Routledge
4. Contested Objects

   Material Memories of the Great War

   Edited by Nicholas J. Saunders, Paul Cornish

   Contested Objects breaks new ground in the interdisciplinary study of material culture. Its focus is on the rich and varied legacy of objects from the First World War as the global conflict that defined the twentieth century. From the iconic German steel helmet to practice trenches on Salisbury...

   Published July 23rd 2009 by Routledge
5. The Mummy's Curse

   Mummymania in the English-speaking world

   By Jasmine Day

   The most penetrating study of the curse ever conducted, The Mummy's Curse uncovers forgotten nineteenth-century fiction and poetry, revolutionizes the study of mummy horror films, and reveals the prejudices embedded in children’s toys. Examining original surveys and field observations of...

   Published August 1st 2006 by Routledge